With the holidays coming how cute would it be to design you own unique gift? Well with Close to My Hearts containers you can design the perfect gift container for those special people on you list. Check out this video of some of the great things you can do with these containers.

Happy crafting!

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All I can say is WOW…. Check out these wonderful offers from CTMH. This month CTMH is offering a couple special stamps which some or all of the proceeds will benefit the victims of the tornadoes in Oklahoma via the Red Cross and the USO. With qualifying stamp purchase you could receive My Creations Mini Banner for free! Here are more about the offers:Celebrate military service and promote patriotism with our new patriotic stamp sets—available only from June 1 to July 31, 2013. Three dollars from each B-size My Acrylix® Courage stamp set and $5 from each D-size My Acrylix® Home of the Brave stamp set will be donated to the USO, the leading, most recognized military-support and services organization in the country. Show your support with your own patriotic stamp set!

Dates: Offer valid June 1–July 31, 2013.

Just for you, when you purchase$25 that includes a qualifying stamp set you will receive a free My Creations® mini banner in June! The mini banner includes 10 chipboard pennants in 4 different shapes with 9 jump rings for hanging. Use the mini banner as a decoration for your parties and get-togethers this summer for many “banner” days!

Dates: Offer valid June 1–30, 2013.

Then of course there is always the June Stamp of the Month. With any qualifying $50 purchase you can purchase A flowering Bunch Stamp set for only $5. Remember this stamp set is only available June 1 to June 30, 2013

Can you believe all these great specials? Don’t miss out this month place your orders now by clicking on this link.

Check back soon to see what I have created with these wonderful specials. ~Cat

I knew as soon as I saw the Buzz & Bumble paper that this would make a great Father’s Day gift. I had been wanting to design another frame so this would be perfect. Unfortunately it is hard to crate something and keep it a secret from my husband since he often pops into the craft room. So he got one of his Father’s day gifts early….

To create this frame I used the My Creations Bracket Frame Z1797, Buzz & Bumble paper pack X7164B, Honeycomb stamp set C1537, and Burlap ribbon Z1760. I used the spellbinders tear drop die to make the rosette. I used my Silhouette to cut the letters and hexagons.

Hope you enjoy~ Cat

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I absolutely love this time of year!! I love fall and winter (yes I do like the cold and snow). The holidays are always so fun and festive. One of my favorite holidays it Halloween. I aways decorate the first of October and we generally have a pumpkin carving party just before Halloween. This year I have been able to crate a couple decorations. I was very excited how my banner turned out. I used the CTMH banner. Moonlight paper pack, smokey plum, gold rush, and slate card stock.

On the Moonlight paper I added a little sparkle by applying lavender Stickles to the purple swirls. On the smokey plum, I stamped the banner with the ghost from the Creepy Creature stamp set. I then used a blender pen and the colonial ink to make them pop. I then used orange Stickles to the pumpkin. On the slate banners I used a bat stamp that I had. I then stamped some on smokey plum cardstock and cut them out and used pop dots to make them stand out. I used the gunmetal Stickles to give them a little bling. And for the ends I used a web stencil I had and went over it with the gunmetal Stickles. The spider I cut out using my Silhouette and added some crystals for the eyes.

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Ever wonder how to stamp three dimensional elements with stamps? Check our this great video as it shows you how easy it is to do with My Acrylix stamps.

Now that you see how easy it is don’t you want to give it a try. Just think of the possibilities you could crate using the My Creations recipe/photo box, card box or even the star. I am sure ready to give it a try.

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About Me

My name is Catherine (Cat) Nowak and I am a Close To My Heart Independent Consultant in Arvada, CO. I am a full time mom to one boy and wife to my suportive and wonderful husband of 18 years. Prior to becoming a mom I was a practicing veterinarian. I am now enjoying being a mom and consultant for Close to My Heart. I have always been creative and loved art since I was a kid. I began scrapbooking over 20 years ago before I knew it was a real thing. Now I love jumping into my craft room at any chance I can to create a page, a card or anything that I can create.

Let me know if I can inspire you or help you with your creative inspirations. Please contact me if I can help you in anyway at catscrapbooking@gmail.com

~Cat

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